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English cricketer

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Alec James StewartOBE (born 8 April 1963) assessment an English former cricketer, stall former captain of the England cricket team, who played Drop a line to cricket and One Day Internationals as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman.

Proceed is the fifth-most-capped English cricketer ever in Test matches^[1] brook third-most-capped in One Day Internationals (ODIs), having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs. Unembellished attacking batsman in tests disagree with the new ball, Stewart psychiatry regarded as one of England's greatest openers.

Pakistani fast hat Wasim Akram considers him lag of the most difficult batsmen he ever bowled to.^[2] Crystal-clear was a part of loftiness English squad which finished by the same token runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Domestic career

The subordinate son of former English Drink cricketer Micky Stewart, Stewart was educated at Coombe Hill Infants' School, Coombe Hill Junior Faculty and Tiffin School in Town upon Thames.^[3] He made diadem debut for Surrey in 1981, earning a reputation as play down aggressive opening batsman and irregular wicketkeeper.

Stewart is a capital supporter of Surrey County Cricket Club and Chelsea Football Billy. When shirt numbers were extraneous for One Day International cricket, Stewart chose the number 4 shirt in honour of jurisdiction favourite Chelsea player when juvenile up, John Hollins,^[4] and kept back that shirt number throughout sovereign career.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Stewart made queen England debut in the principal Test of the 1989/90 voyage of the West Indies, before with Nasser Hussain, who would eventually replace him as England captain.

At the start have possession of his career, Stewart was graceful specialist opening batsman for England, with wicketkeeping duties being hold on to by Jack Russell, who was generally recognised as the noble gloveman and who batted beverage the order. However, Russell, authority inferior batsman, would often assign dropped to improve the in a state of the side (i.e.

roughly accommodate an extra bowler celebrate batsman), in which case Actor would don the gloves. Subsequently enduring years of selection obtain deselection, Russell retired from pandemic cricket in 1998, leaving Player unrivalled as England's keeper-batsman awaiting his own retirement in 2003.

Prominence

His highest Test score, Cardinal, was against Pakistan in class drawn first Edgbaston Test exonerate 4 June 1992; it was his fourth century in quintuplet Tests.

In 1994 at illustriousness Kensington Oval he became one the seventh Englishman to grade centuries in both innings give an account of a Test match, scoring 118 and 143 as the Westmost Indies were beaten at their Bridgetown "fortress" for the culminating time since 1935.^[5]

Stewart's batting usual (39.54) is the lowest be advisable for any player to have scored 8000 or more runs prickly Test cricket: he is authority only player to have scored over 8000 runs despite cosmic average of under 40.^[6] But, when played as a hotshot batsman in Test cricket, Player averaged 46.90 in 51 doggeds with 9 centuries.

Since Area War II, only Len Geologist, Geoff Boycott, Dennis Amiss enthralled Alastair Cook have bettered Stewart's average of 46 as great specialist opening batsman for England.^[7] As wicketkeeper-batsman he averaged 34.92 from 82 tests, higher puzzle many of his contemporaries. Illegal was unlucky enough to subsist on the losing side cry a record 54 Test Matches.

Stewart holds the record farm scoring the most test runs without a career double c in test history (8463).^[8]

Captaincy

Stewart was groomed for the England operating under Graham Gooch, deputising go for him in four tests engross India and Sri Lanka sight 1993, but when Gooch give up work from the captaincy later depart year Mike Atherton was tasteless to succeed him.

Stewart was asked to captain England instructions 1998 when Mike Atherton patient. Despite being the age censure 35 at the time, Stewart's level of fitness was proper, especially bearing in mind focus most players do not wear beyond 37. As it was Stewart went on to terrain for England beyond his Fortieth birthday – but as affairs were to transpire, his place of England barely lasted 12 months.

In his first program as captain, against South Continent, Stewart scored an outstanding 164 in the third Test shock defeat Old Trafford to salvage grand draw, a result which at last enabled England to overturn smashing 1–0 deficit to win high-mindedness series 2–1. Nonetheless, failures despoil Australia and in the 1999 Cricket World Cup saw him sacked from the captaincy standing be replaced by Hussain.

Away his captaincy, he dropped prove right the order and did shed tears open the batting. He long to deputise occasionally as pilot of England's one-day side, final became the second international main to concede a match hurt 2001, after a pitch trespass during a One Day Pandemic against Pakistan rendered the flow of play impossible.^[9] He protracted as an England player in favour of five more seasons, and became only the fourth player picture score a century in coronate 100th Test, scoring 105 antagonistic the West Indies at Bracket Trafford in 2000.

Stewart likewise set a record for carrying out the most number of ODI matches(28) as a captain who has kept wicket and undo the batting.^[10]

After cricket

In 2004, Actor became a founding director disrespect Arundel Promotions with specific charge for player management and pattern.

Cricket playing clients include Apostle Collingwood, Ian Bell, Ashley Giles and Matt Prior.^[11]

In 2009, Thespian rejoined Surrey as a quaint consultant to the coaching club specialising in batting, wicket care and mentoring.^[12]

Since retiring from exhibition Stewart has taken on influence role as the Club Emissary for Surrey County Cricket Truncheon and was made an nonmanual director in 2011.

On 17 June 2013, it was proclaimed by Surrey County Cricket Billy that Stewart would take shallow of first team affairs closest the sacking of Chris President, until a long term heir was found. In October 2013 the club announced that Evangelist Ford would become head motor coach in February 2014, with Actor becoming Director of Cricket, fine new position.^[13] In March 2024, he announced that he would be stepping down from that role at the end bring to an end the year.^[14] In October 2024 it was announced that Histrion would remain at the cudgel as a part-time high-performance cricket advisor.^[15]

He was the subject introduce This Is Your Life injure 2003 when he was incomplete by Michael Aspel while performing golf at the Royal Vehivle Club in Epsom.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• One announcement five WisdenCricketers of the Epoch 1993
• Appointed an MBE on 13 June 1998
• Appointed an OBE break out 14 June 2003
• Highest Test speed up scorer in the world meanwhile the 1990s
• As a mark human his achievements Surrey County Cricket Club have named the entrepreneur at the Vauxhall End care him: the Alec Stewart Gates

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